Pacorus I

Pacorus I (63 BC-38 BC) was a Prince of Parthia and the son of King Orodes II and Laodice of Parthia. He was killed in battle with the Roman Republic at the Battle of Mount Gindarus in 38 BC.

Biography
Pacorus was the son of King Orodes II and Queen Laodice of Parthia, and his first command of an army was in 51 BC when he was twelve; he besieged Antioch in Syria, but he was unable to capture the city from the Romans and withdrew. In 40 BC, Pacorus and the Roman rebel general Quintus Labienus crossed the Euphrates and attacked Apamea, and the Roman garrisons around Syria rallied to Labienus' cause. The Romano-Parthian army defeated the Romans at Apamea, and Pacorus also deposed King Hyrcanus II of Judea and placed Antigonus II Mattathias on the throne. In 39 BC, a Roman counterattack under Publius Ventidius Bassus led to Labienus' death, and, in 38 BC, Pacorus and his bodyguards were killed at the Battle of Mount Gindarus.